preventionz

It has been mentioned that prevention is the cure in most situations.
Just like how planing a lesson in detail is like 80% of the work done.

sicknesses i realised are largely caused by stress and lack of sleep.

Nutrition is one thing (30%) but how often do people shove deep dried, fried, candy bars, sweets, tidbits, biscuits, chocolates down their throats?

Sleep is very VITAL.....to prevent illnesses (45%) long term sleep patterns i mean. not a 3-night no sleep thing. people who exercise daily need 7 hours of sleep each day.....or protein will build at the heart area increasing heart attack risk....this is from some email i received.

Hobbies that you really like or helps you keep fit AND happy. what's the point of torturing yourself? and be fit, get heart sick, headache and still fall sick in the end?

self fulfilling prophecies and labelling

do these things actually occur? after u think or say something about yourself......will it really happen? and what if you label someone "smart" or "kind" or "good"..........will they live up to it?

Definition by Wikipedia:

The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come 'true'. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error.

So needless to say, wiki still defines it as false......to start with......
Ahhh.....the weight of thoughts.....and labels (labelling a person)

I remember in Sec 1, i was feeling flu-ish and my friend told me "Don't keep saying and confessing that you're sick, if not you'll remain sick or get worse. Instead say 'I am getting better or I am good'".

just got me wondering....

if only you all knew that God didn't promise this life would be easy but He said that He would give the grace to sustain it.

Last week I met people who made pretty profound choices in life or rather, chose to take a huge step in life that could be permanent. It was all for God's name. But i was still........shocked to meet such people in person. No it wasn't martyrdom. Not as huge as martyrdom.

I guess it only happens in the Roman Catholic faith but i could tell from the tone and face of the person that it wasn't an easy choice at all. I was shocked, impressed, surprised, i can't even put a word to what i thought at that point in time........

Not trying to attack or challenge any faiths here but the question to ask is really, "Did God call or tell the person to do that (stay single)?" Because there are many verses in the Word (bible) that would actually support marriage and reproduction. Like be fruitful and multiply....to give some. Also teaching kids about "Why do living things have to reproduce?" "So that they wont go extinct." is the model answer.

If you do not feel absolute peace and happiness about the whole idea of singlehood, of course, you aren't meant to be single.

Unless of course, this issue(s) is becoming idolatory or above God, i think the Man up there DOES want people to Meet, DOES want people to Date (not to the point of being overly distracted), wants people to Mate (in the right context of marriage).

encouragement

Attended a two-day training at grange road. and.....it was behind orchard road....if only it were longer. The lecturer was well, old (haha) at 60, but nonetheless very kind and didn't have any temper at all. So he made us all feel guilty about being "bad" (good tactic to manage a class). I have to note everything he said in point form down for my records as it was great stuff! and we ALL had fun! mostly laughing at funny stories we composed and the ones he told us.

He mentioned at the very start
1) Don't listen to discouragement and discouraging people
2) LISTEN to encouraging words.
3) Teaching is a great profession
4) Stay focussed on teaching...(because it's a great profession like doctors)
5) Never regret joining this profession (because shopkeepers give u discounts if u tell them u're a teacher)
6) Avoid scolding and punishing kids/teens. Use niceness etc instead. they will love you for that.
7) Treat them well (the kids).
8) Be their friend and mentor but have rules
9) Be firm yet affirming.
10) Be seriously funny. Or tell funny stories but try not to be Clown-funny.
11) Use group work for them to help each other
12) Use objects, visuals
13) use Games and hands-on activities
14) Pair and group work rulez!
15) solve problems calmly and try to cut unecessary discussions by saying "That's not important"
16) Tap them on the shoulder or stand near them when they are not listening or talking.
17) Challenge the talkative ones to be leaders / role models.
18) Personally sing happy birthday to those with birthdays that week/month.

being a tourist

finally i don't just tour people around i get to be one! oh hohoho.
it was a very interesting trip.....like how when you first go to a place you didnt know what to expect but the second time round you're prepared with what your goals are. and i accomplished what itwas there for.

for one, i did some prayer walking. was mostly walking and exploring at first then it got meaningless like some cold workout on the streets due to the weather. then it got cool when you started praying and seeing things and people and places from a spiritual viewpoint. like how some of us were trained before trips. on the first evening walking around bustling hong kong i thought immediately it was spiritually quite ok.......no extreme darkness....but it could do with more faith strengthening. and out-reaching like leaving their homes and comfort zones and going out there to people who are hungry or lost. and with Shenzhen, it was no knowledge of God at all? to them there God does not exist or why should there be a God?